D.J. Cleland-Hura is a fine artist painting original pieces of landscape, wildlife, and figure art. He also does concept art for film and entertainment.

Thursday, 12 June 2014

The Pensive Palette: I Am Robert Genn

As an artist, I feel a part of a greater community, a
brother and sisterhood of creative people searching for beauty, truth, and
meaning.While I work by myself, I
know I’m not alone in these pursuits.When I see art that touches me, or a song that moves me, I feel
connected to that artist because we have shared a part of the journey
together.I take a little part of
that person’s spirit and place it within me, hoping to pass it along to someone
else.This is the greatest gift of
art.

I recently wrote about the passing of artist Robert Genn.His love of painting, and especially
his exploration of the why’s and how’s of making art, live on in everything he
touched.A little piece of his
spirit is carried by all of us.

Here is a small study I did a few years ago in Genn’s style.It is not a copy of one of his
paintings, but an exercise in taking my own reference and trying to think like
he did.In making choices that are
different from my own tendencies, I learn how to see outside of myself.